The 22-page report was released by the attorney for the family of, Dante Campero, a player who left the team after the incident during a practice. The family's attorney, Gary Dickey, released the report to media organizations Thursday afternoon.

"Part of being a high school football coach is tough love. There's no question about that. And we you agree to put on the pads to play for a high school team, you know that's part of the bargain. The conduct that occurred by these coaches far exceeds anything that anybody could reasonably expect. And that was the finding by the district," said Dickey.

A Lincoln High School assistant coach spoke on the issue for the first time Thursday night in hopes of setting the record straight.

"I was shocked. I truly was," said assistant football coach Beau Flowers.

Flowers said the new Des Moines Public Schools report that found head coach Tom Mihalovich in violation of numerous district policies isn't accurate.

"The problem with everything they released is there are a lot of lies told in that," Flowers said. "There are a couple coaches on our staff who are falsifying information."

He said Mihalovich simply cares too much about his players and their future to subject them to unwarranted abuse.

"Tom Mihalovich isn't guilty of these things," Flowers said. "His assistant coaches, they're not guilty of these things. They need to be back on the sidelines where they belong."

Details On The Report:

The report states that allegation about a violation of the district’s bullying/harassment policy were founded against all three coaches: Tom Mihalovich, Larry Gamblin and Kevin Johnston.

The report said the allegation of corporal punishment was founded against all three coaches.

"The allegation of conduct unbecoming of a school district staff member is founded against Tom Mihalovich, including directing profane, abusive language at student athletes, engaging in unethical behavior regarding student discipline, and engaging in intimidation and retaliation," the report stated.

The coaches were suspended on Sept. 4, but the school district has not commented other than to say it was investigating the incident.

The document shows the investigation was launched after Campero's mother called the school to report Mihalovich had hazed and bullied her son.

The report was completed on Monday.

School District Reaction:

School district spokesman Phil Roeder confirmed the report is accurate. The district released a statement about the report Thursday afternoon:

"In early September, when Des Moines Public Schools received a complaint alleging mistreatment of a student in the Lincoln High School football program, the district promptly began our investigation.

"We took the time necessary to be extremely careful and thorough in this review. While it is unfortunate that this report was released by the complainant prior to the completion of our process, the report does confirm that some allegations were founded and that some were not.

"While the district’s investigation is complete, this remains a personnel matter as our process continues and a final decision is not yet determined. To be clear, the school district does not accept any employee or volunteer who does not uphold the best interests of our students, whether in the classroom or extracurricular activities."

Mihalovich's Statement:

"The release of a Des Moines School District report regarding three Coaches at Lincoln High School is legally and ethically unacceptable. The process is still ongoing and a hearing has not yet been held. The release of this report is inconsistent with the Des Moines School District’s policy.

"Coach Tom Mihalovich disagrees with many of the statements and the credibility of some of the witnesses.

"While we do not understand why the district released these reports to the complainant’s family – it is wholly unacceptable and beyond the ethical legal standards for the family’s attorney to have released these document to the media. This individual’s actions were clearly meant to circumvent the well-documented process that was being followed by the Des Moines School District.

"Coach Tom Mihalovich is stunned by many of the assertions in this preliminary report and is shocked the report was released publicly. Coach Mihalovich maintains his goal as a coach is first and foremost developing strong young men and secondly, developing strong football players.

"Coach Mihalovich looks forward to this issue being resolved through the appropriate channels.

"Tom is considering filing a grievance against attorney Gary Dickey who released these confidential reports to the media. The grievance will be filed with the Iowa Supreme Court’s Grievance Commission."

Mihalovich has been head football coach at Lincoln High for 12 seasons.

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